Modernizing Family Law with AI: Practical Uses of Archie
About this session
Family law attorneys face constant challenges: drafting high volumes of correspondence, reviewing pleadings and motions, negotiating contested issues, and managing emotionally charged client communications. This Smokeball webinar will show you how the Archie prompt library can streamline those time-consuming tasks with ready-to-use prompts designed for family law practice.
In this session, we’ll demonstrate what the library can do, share prompts in the library that you can start using immediately.
By the end, you will:
- Know how to use Archie and write prompts. Webinar attendees will receive a Smokeball prompt writing guide. Discover brand-new prompts available in the prompt library designed specifically for family law attorneys
- Learn how to use the Archie Prompt Library to prepare summaries of key documents and issues in the case, quickly prepare a list of upcoming deadlines, dates and tasks, and efficiently draft correspondence
- Feel confident editing or adding to Smokeball’s out-of-the-box prompts to fit your firm’s style
- Walk away ready to get more done immediately using these prompts in your active cases
For family law firms, Archie gives you space to focus on advocacy, negotiation, and achieving the best outcomes for the families you represent
Featured presenter(s)
Amanda has been with Smokeball for nearly a decade and currently serves as a Senior Legal Configuration Specialist in the Legal Product Department. Before joining Smokeball, she spent 11 years as a paralegal specializing in Real Estate, Foreclosures, Family Law, and Estate Planning. With her extensive legal background and deep product knowledge, Amanda loves helping firms streamline their processes and make the most of their Smokeball experience.
Sara Hawes is Vice President of Legal Product at Smokeball and an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois and Colorado. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Sara practiced family law in the Chicago area for five years before joining Smokeball in 2015, where she has played a key role in developing legal technology solutions for law firms. Her work focuses on area-of-law–specific workflows within case management systems, document automation and template building, and the design of practical tools that improve efficiency in day-to-day legal practice.
More recently, Sara has led initiatives to research and develop applied AI prompts and workflows for Smokeball -using firms, helping attorneys integrate AI into their practices in a responsible, practical, and immediately useful manner.
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